Amit Shah says Nitish, Cong helps SP-BSP

BJP national president Amit Shah on Saturday launched a scathing attack on UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati.

He said that Congress and JD (U) were helping SP and BSP defeat the BJP in the forthcoming assembly polls in the state.

“The bua-bhatija (Mayawati-Akhilesh) politics has ruined the state... a change is essential so that UP can make progress and be at par with the other states in the country,” Shah said while addressing party workers here.

 “Nitish Kumar and Congress are playing the role of vote cutters. They know that they can not form the government. They only want to help the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the BSP and defeat the BJP,” Shah said.

 He also said that Congress would not be able to revive itself in the state even if it undertook ‘padyatras’ and roadshows.

 The BJP leader also referred to the alleged scams during the UPA government’s regime in the centre and said that both SP and BSP had then supported the UPA.

 He said that “jungle raj” prevailed in the state. “This government has failed to tame the criminals,” he added.

Social media and masses

Shah asked the party workers to make use of the social media to reach the masses in the state.

“The role of social media in the elections is very crucial. The party workers should take use it to inform the people about the works done by the BJP government for them”, he said.

The BJP chief earlier took part in a training program of party’s spokesmen and members of the media cell and called upon them to make extensive use of the social media in the forthcoming assembly polls in UP.